~DANIEL~ I kissed her again, deepening the kiss, and exploring every corner of her mouth and soon, she responded to my kiss and kissed me back with the same energy.She's a great kisser, I had to admit. I was fucking hard down there just by kissing her alone.I ran my lips down over the line of her throat. Heavenly warm skin met my lips.I inhaled the downy softness, bringing my hands up along her hips, at her waist and upward along her ribs to the front of her night wear, over her breasts.She moaned softly in approval, cupping her hands in mine as I gently removed the night robe.Her breasts came spilling into my hands after I removed it. She's now naked and was only in her panties. I filled my palm with her breasts."Fuck, I hate the things you do to me and now I want you so bad" I swore loudly, my voice laced with passion. "And I'm going to have you right here and right now" I swore to her and her eyes widened at the tone I had used. She recognized the
~JESSICA~ I didn't know whether to throw my arms round Daniel in relief or push him down the steps.I'd searched everywhere for him in that huge apartment, refusing to believe he would have left without me. I'd confronted the truth when I'd gone outside to look and Gray, his driver, who'd been waiting for us, told me gently that Daniel had chosen to walk home. That had been three hours ago.The realization that he'd abandoned me with a room full of strangers had knocked the wind out of me. I'd been too shocked to be angry. Then the time had passed while I'd waited for him to come home and the anger had built.That anger had been giving way to concern when I spotted him in the room window I'd sat myself in front of.Now I didn't know how I felt, just that I was so full of contrary emotions that I would either cry or scream.Daniel stared back at me, his features taunt, a pulse throbbing on his jaw, hands rammed in his pockets, breathing heavily. He wa
~DANIEL~Simeon placed his bare hands on Jessica's shoulders and kissed her cheeks in turns.That act from him triggered me, and unconsciously I found myself squeezing my palms into a ball fist.And why the hell do I feel like punching him so hard in the face??I clenched my jaw and forced myself to breathe, turning my mind away from the impulse to punch Simeon in the face."Get a grip of yourself. He's only greeting her the way he greets everyone" my inner voice said yet my fingers still itches to punch him.Simeon called his date over to our table. She's a model statue and was wearing designer clothes."This is Nora" he introduced to us. Nora gave me a flirty look and I looked away in disgust.She's beautiful, truth be told but she did not hold a candle to Jessica. No one did, no one could."Keep her company while I snatch her husband for a while," Simeon said to Nora. She nodded her head.If Jessica was bothered about me leaving her alone with Nora, she
~JESSICA~~ONE WEEK LATER~ "What are you reading?" Daniel asked, standing in the doorway.I was sitting cross legged on the bed with a pillow and laptop on my lap. I looked up and saw Daniel in the doorway, I smiled at him. I had been so engrossed that I hadn't heard him get back from work."I'm looking at my veterinary nurse courses I would love to take” I said, turning the laptop around to show him. "I'm trying to work out if it's feasible"He strolled over to perch next to me. "To train as a vet nurse?" He asked.I nodded. The days I spent with the dogs had reignited my love of animals and my old dream of working with them.“Growing up, I've always wanted to be a vet, but dad wanted me to go into the corporate world. He wanted to see me all dressed up in my office clothes and working in an office with important people” I told him.“So why train as a vet nurse when you've always wanted to be a vet?" He asked."It takes years to train to be a vet. Besides
~ DANIEL ~I always suspected I’d die prematurely….and not from a heart attack, or an assassination attempt by a business rival. No, my demise would be far more humiliating.Death by Chewed Cables.I stared at the frayed, lifeless end of my laptop charger like it had personally betrayed me. And in a way, it had. Along with Frodo, who had the audacity to wag his tail and sneeze like he hadn’t just nuked half a week’s work.“Jessica!”Silence. The kind that said, she knows she’s in trouble but is pretending to be busy until I forget I’m mad.“I’m gonna need five minutes before I say something I regret,” I muttered, then turned around and walked to my room, locking myself in the room.This wasn’t about the laptop.Okay, it was a little about the laptop. That device had my entire pitch for the Yamamoto deal. A potential $5 million investment. The kind of deal that defined careers….and ruined them when you let your wife convince you to adopt two small demons disg
~ JESSICA ~Out of excitement, I blurted out so much nonsense.Because what did I mean by “I'm going to name our firstborn after you” when we have no plans of having a child??I was on cloud nine. Scratch that….I was on cloud ten.Daniel finally agreed! Frodo and Freya were officially part of the family! Operation “Puppy Domination” was a complete success.I actually twirled in the kitchen.Twirled.“I hope you know this means you’re now their dad,” I said, beaming at Daniel as I returned, holding Frodo like a baby and balancing Freya on my hip.He recoiled. “Don’t you dare.”“Too late. I already introduced you to them as their dad” I replied.“You’re impossible.”“But you accepted them,” I retorted. “That means you must like them.”“…Jury’s still out.”Freya barked in support. Frodo sneezed.Daniel stared at the dogs. Then at me. Then sighed like a man who had lost a great war but would wear his defeat like a tailored suit.“If I find a single chew mark on my